Robert Ware - Chairman
Robert (56) served first as corporate development director and then as deputy chief executive of MEPC between June 1997 and June 2003. MEPC was the fourth largest property company quoted on the London Stock Exchange until September 2000 when Leconport Estates, a company jointly owned by clients of Hermes Pensions Management Limited and GE Real Estate, took the company private. Over the six year period in which he was employed at MEPC, Robert and the team realised over £6 billion of international properties and invested over £2 billion, mainly in the UK. Prior to joining MEPC, Robert served as a director of Development Securities plc between 1988 and 1994. In 1994, he left to take up the position of managing director of Dunton Group plc, where he stayed until November 1996.
Robert is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Conygar Investment Company PLC, an AIM quoted property investment and development company formed by Robert and members of the ex-MEPC team. He is senior non-executive director at Tarsus Group plc and Chairman of the Terra Catalyst Fund and Marwyn Management Partners plc. Robert is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Paul Everitt- Non-Executive Director
Paul (42) is Managing Director of Fund Corporation, a niche provider of outsourced administration services in Guernsey. Fund Corporation specialises in investment administration, principally in the alternatve asset classes. The company was established in 2007 and adminsters collective investment schemes, as well as family office and investment club structures. Paul moved to Guernsey in 1998 and has specialised in fund administration since. He has worked on a wide range of fund structures: private equity, property, debt, hedge, funds of funds, as well as direct equity, in both closed-ended and open-ended vehicles. He has acted on numerous fund boards, including for Permira, EQT and Rutley Capital Partners. Originally Paul qualified as a chartered accountant with BDO Stoy Hayward in London then spent two years in corporate finance for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Eitan Milgram - Non-Executive Director
Eitan Milgram (32) has worked at Weiss Asset Management for the last 10 years and is currenly employed as a Portfolio Manager and Executive Vice President; previous positions held by him include Head of Trading and Head of Operations.
Eitan has extensive experience with investment companies and has been involved in numerous management contract negotiations, reviews and shareholder meetings. In addition he has advised numerous corporations on reorganisations and restructurings and has served on the Board of Directors of a number of publicly traded companies.